William Evans, PharmD, former CEO of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, was inducted to the Tennessee Healthcare Hall of Fame this month. Dr. Evans is a 1974 graduate of the UTHSC College of Pharmacy and has served as both a faculty member and affiliate faculty member of the college. He began working at St. Jude… Read More
Shanise Patterson, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, director of pharmacy at Methodist Healthcare South Hospital and a graduate of the UTHSC College of Pharmacy, was named a Top 40 Under 40 Urban Elite Professional for 2021 by Cynthia Daniels & Co. Dr. Patterson grew up in the Memphis area and attended Austin Peay State University, where she… Read More
Brittany Satterly, a P2 student on the Memphis campus, received the Innovation in Immunization Practices Award from the APhA Foundation this month. The award is an incentive grant and will provide $1,000 toward Satterly’s project, “My Friend Sarah Told Me…Empowering Women through HPV Vaccination Campaign.” Satterly said the project will target college-age women and partner… Read More
Eleven members of the UTHSC College of Pharmacy faculty were recognized for their years of service to UTHSC at the UTHSC Employee Service Recognition ceremony held November 17. Congratulations to each of these faculty members on reaching these service milestones. 5-year Sarah T. Eudaley – Department of Clinical Pharmacy & Translational Science Jarrod R. Fortwendel… Read More
UTHSC College of Pharmacy students celebrated Halloween with service and social events across the college. The UTHSC chapters of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) and Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) sponsored Boo Flu on October 18 to provide free flu vaccinations for UTHSC employees and students. The APhA-ASP chapter also sponsored… Read More
Two members of the College of Pharmacy were recognized as women who lead in their field by the Memphis Business Journal this month. Ashley Ellis, PharmD, CDECS, who joined the College of Pharmacy as assistant professor and director of the Immersive PharmD Accelerated Track (ImPAcT) this year, was named one of Memphis Business Journal’s Super… Read More
Maxwell Afari Gyamfi, PhD, joined the College of Pharmacy in September as assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dr. Gyamfi is an expert in drug metabolism, nuclear receptors, fatty liver disease, drug-induced hepatotoxicity, type 2 diabetes, and animal models of obesity and alcoholic liver disease. He did doctoral and postdoctoral work in Japan,… Read More
The College of Pharmacy held its annual Feurt Symposium October 20, titled “Innovation in Pharmacy Practice.” The event included two featured speakers: Dr. Daniel Buffington, president and practice director at Clinical Pharmacology Services in Tampa, Florida, and Dr. Ashley Ellis, director of the Immersive PharmD Accelerated Track (ImPAcT) at the UTHSC College of Pharmacy. The… Read More
Student pharmacists on the College of Pharmacy’s Knoxville campus immunized University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd and his staff against influenza October 7. P3 students Anna Beth Wommack and Hannah Payne Holbert administered the vaccines under the supervisions of Leslie Hamilton, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, BCPS, BCCCP, associate professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and… Read More
UTHSC student pharmacists administered free flu shots on the Memphis campus at the Boo Flu event October 18. The event, sponsored byUniversity Health Services and the College of Pharmacy’s chapters of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) and Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA), provided free influenza vaccinations to any UTHSC employee or… Read More
